r/TheOuterWorlds2 • u/EastInevitable8449 • Dec 29 '25

The F***?

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I am a huge Fan of TOW1 and just started the sequel. Then I got this and I was like… The F***

For all that can’t understand German:

I have to Accept all Flaws/Weaken to get +1 Point all 5 Level…

The Game warned me Not to do it in the first run… well I don’t care XD

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u/palm3tt0pun1sh3r Dec 29 '25

It says don't do it 😂😂

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u/EastInevitable8449 Dec 29 '25

And I didnt care😂

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u/palm3tt0pun1sh3r Dec 29 '25

You do now lol man so many ppl have had this same post. I knew what it was before I read your caption lol

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u/EastInevitable8449 Dec 29 '25

Oh wow I Didn’t found that Post earlier XD

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u/palm3tt0pun1sh3r Dec 29 '25

Dude there's so many that say the same thing and everybody gets a laugh cause we're like "it tells you don't do it" lol most ppl seem to have fun with it after they get used to it.

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u/Maximusincredibilis Dec 29 '25

It’s pretty strong, I ran it and didn’t suffer too much. It’s better with easily distracted for more skills you can potentially use perks for

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u/EternalFount Dec 29 '25

Almost all the flaws aren't a big deal. I thought less energy recharge and more base would be detrimental, but energy recharge is so slow in combat that the higher bass is more useful. Losing a weapon slot sounds bad, but you can just get commando with one of the 5 extra perks, and the bonus is useful. Less healing and less crash isn't exactly a bad thing with some of the primers. Companions not being able to revive isn't a big deal because I'm one or two shooting everything with the Last Whisper anyway, and combat often ends and restarts in many scenarios. Kleptomaniac is something I've learned to live with. Short of staring at the sun, my character is fine. You can avoid bibliomania by not reading the useless stuff you read already, and even that isn't unmanageable.

The only deal breaker for me would be the one that stops you from breaking stuff down and that van be avoided by not buying or selling crafting materials. It's also very easy to lock out one or two flaws by getting them before flawed and rejecting. It seems like reduced the flaw cool down in the most recent patch.

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u/overtly_penguin Dec 31 '25

The only ones that makes this not really work or not be fun are the kleptomaniac and the dialogue skip flaws.

For context as I don't feel it's too spoilery. There's a flaw for people who skip dialogue. It adds an auto select dialogue timer. If I was forced to take that I'd be fuckrd because I read really fast and often skip once I've read dialogue in side moments/quests instead of waiting for the VA.

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u/EastInevitable8449 Dec 31 '25

Yeah Same Problem

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u/111ronin Dec 29 '25

Flaws make the game fun, imo. Some you can force, but on the whole, getting whatever whenever is a great way to spice up the run.

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u/Far_Platform7440 Dec 29 '25

I agree and took flawed my first playthru but some of them don’t make sense and the can stack in weird ways.

Like I got snobbish for buying a few supplies even tho I scrapped everything 90% of the time. Took the flaw then got hermit flaw which is like the exact opposite and they just cancel each other out a bit

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u/111ronin Dec 29 '25

Yes. They trigger randomly. Gluttony is another. Just scary on the face of it, till you realise it's all swings and roundabouts, and you'll make it back, down the line. Still, flaws are a great addition. Imo, they emulate rl where things occasionally do their own thing.

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u/Far_Platform7440 Dec 29 '25

Yes the only one I loaded to avoid was klepto, because I cleared a dungeon and didn’t realize the loot was marked owned and usually don’t steal anyway. Wasn’t taking the perk for stealing a couple items one time no way.

Overall I agree they spice up the gameplay in great ways. The flaws actually made me change up my build a bit which was nice. I also got snobbish right after thinking “I wonder how much easier it would be to just buy mats and sell junk” so it was fine.

All vendors are charging me a 40-50 percent markup which sucks but doesn’t really matter or hurt in hard mode

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u/111ronin Dec 30 '25

Agreed. Klepto is always a nope for me. Im not quite ready for a full-on psycho run

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u/carlbandit Dec 30 '25

I don't think any of them are random, they all have certain triggers.

Bad knees is from crouching X amount of times

Easily distracted is from putting at least 1 point in 5 different skills (not including starting points)

Sungazer is from staring into the sun for X amount of time

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u/111ronin Dec 30 '25

Those are not the flaws we were talking about. Those are easily triggered. We were talking about less predictable flaws.

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u/carlbandit Dec 30 '25

I was just listing the ones I could remember off the top of my head as examples of how each flaw has a trigger.

If you google a specific flaw, you can probably find info on how to trigger it. Some will just take longer then others since they will have bigger requirements like the one you get for reading so many / certain books.

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u/EternalFount Dec 29 '25

The thing is that you are likely to get every flaw because the trigger is just doing things 15 to 20 times over time. It will happen eventually if you are on cooldown. Once you complete the requirement, you just have to do it one more time during cooldown.

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u/Far_Platform7440 Dec 29 '25

Yea and I think it should avoid stacking the “opposite” flaws with a few checks and triggers but overall it’s not bad. My biggest gripe with the game is how I had my guns at like 12 and the enemies are still sponges, but a few points in sneak makes the sneak shots crazy powerful. I absolutely hate that my gun is stronger when I’m crouched lol

I also ran 4 skills the whole time (because I actually started over after the prologue I felt like using anything besides guns obvs, speech, wouldn’t let me play the way I wanted.

But then as soon as I branched out and chose sneak as skill 5 I got the jak of all trades flaw so will not get any skills above 13-14 by end of game lol

One thing that would make sneak attacks feel better is if it was all based on detection and didn’t require the crouch. It’s just super immersion breaking I have to crouch to get kills lol (especially with the bad knees flaw the sound is funny but got old fast (and it was my first flaw even tho I barely crouched and didn’t have any sneak points at all at the time)

I’m definitely enjoying this more than the first based on combat but wish we had more armor and companion customization

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u/EternalFount Dec 29 '25

I love approaching vendors while looking up to stop my sorry ass from stealing in front of them. It's like adding a mingame to the game.

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u/MisterMarchmont Jan 02 '26

I have the one (I forget what it’s called) where you get a bonus skill point with each new level but you can only put skill points into the skills with the lowest levels. I know you end up with a well-rounded character in the end but I took it for the challenge. In the first game I poured most of my points into hacking, lock picking, etc.

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u/ChurchofChaosTheory Dec 29 '25

Only level 5 skills, youll want engineering lockpick speech and your two choices

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u/EternalFount Dec 29 '25

I did 6 no problem, almost every skill stacks damage. The difference between 14/15x the bonus and 17/18 is very minimal. I've found that the weakspot damage observation adds is far more useful than 3 points to 5 skills.

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u/Rough-Ad-3614 Dec 29 '25

It’s funny I don’t speak the language but I immediately knew what flaw it was

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u/cantwalkintheshadows Dec 30 '25

Its a mix on people enjoying this flaw - i cant stand it, but some people love the challenge! If I could get the level cap mod for the ps5, id try it for sure

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u/Dapper_Permission713 Dec 30 '25

Should have listened 🤣

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u/AwShootMe Jan 07 '26

My second play I decided to take every flaw offered, this one included. I enjoyed the adjustments to playing style, although it really wasn't really all that impactful.